US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on April 29 for "Time of flight sensor, a three-dimensional imaging device using the same, and a method for driving the three-dimensional imaging device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,404, issued on April 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Time of flight sensor, a three-dimensional imaging device using the same, and a method for driving the three-dimensional imaging device" was invented by Min Sun Keel (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Gal Bitan (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Amit Eisenberg (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A time of flight (ToF) sensor includes: a first pixel including a first photogate to receive light reflected by an object and generate a first phase signal, and a second photogate to generate a second phase signal having a phase difference...